Published previously on Positively Media Blog on Psychology Today. Care to try on a dress, take your picture in a virtual Mardi Gras mask, or figure out what size box you need to ship a package—from your computer? You can with augmented reality (AR). There is a virtual dressing room... read more →
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It would be no surprise to the Max Wertheimer and the other Gestalt psychologists that visual displays can deliver complex information so effectively. I think of it as "cognitive broadband." Journalist LaToya Egwuekwe created a progressive data display of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment numbers that delivers a powerful message.... read more →
Mar
03
A version of this article was published on PsychologyToday.com in the blog “Positively Media.” Dexter is a Showtime series about a serial killer with a code. He only kills the bad guys who deserve it. We love Dexter precisely because he finds bad guys and kills them before they can... read more →
Feb
18
I am always on the lookout for media technologies that are used in positive ways. Here are two examples coming from completely different angles. Information Radically Improves Economic Viability The Manobi foundation uses technology to provide rural farmers in Africa with current market prices. I have written about them before... read more →
Jan
16
Edward Tufte would be proud. This is an example of a brilliant use of social media and a cognitively effective display of the kind of data that social media can generate. Ushahidi are mapping crisis information from Haiti. They have integrated various data input sources, SMS, email, or web, and visually... read more →
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